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Tomorrow: vigil in Ohio for Bernard Pastor
Posted: December 3, 2010 at 7:31 pm By admin(Photo courtesy Faith in Public Life.)
In Ohio, local faith leaders are preparing for a vigil tomorrow for Bernard Pastor, an honors student facing deportation.
Bernard, who is 18, was detained after a minor traffic accident in November. Today leaders from Bernard’s own evangelical church and other ministers called for Congress to pass the DREAM Act, which [...]
Hundreds march in Cincinnati for immigration reform
Posted: June 8, 2010 at 4:05 pm By Rachel LaBruyereThis past Saturday, 500 people marched through downtown Cincinnati to demand action from President Obama on immigration reform this year. The crowd included Civil rights attorney Al Gerhardstein, Fr. Jorge Ochoa of the Catholic Hispanic Ministry Center, undocumented workers, union members and people of all faiths.
“I was born in Ohio, grew up in Mexico, and [...]
Arizona’s copycats
Posted: June 1, 2010 at 4:02 pm By LloydDespite the threats of boycotts ranging from corporations to Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game to the state itself, several states are considering copycatting Arizona’s racial profiling law.
Minnesota is considering a law that is reported as requiring law enforcement to enforce federal immigration laws; establishing eligibility criteria for federal and state public benefits; requiring possession of [...]
The political case for immigration reform
Posted: April 12, 2010 at 5:01 pm By LloydIn today’s Washington Post op-ed pages, Ezra Klein makes the political argument for Democrats to hurry up and bring comprehensive immigration reform to the floor:
Actually, [the immigration reform debate] did worse than that: It drove Latino voters toward the Democrats. Obama won 67 percent of Hispanics in 2008 — a much better showing than [...]
Why I’m Marching: Lauren Hines
Posted: March 5, 2010 at 8:51 pm By AdrianaLauren Hines is the Central Ohio Movement Building Team Coordinator. She is organizing an immigration reform rally in her area this Sunday, to build local support for the upcoming March For America and get sign-ups for buses going to DC. Here is her story …
I was born and live in Upper Arlington, Ohio [...]
Our Time to Fight for Immigration Reform is Now
Posted: February 4, 2010 at 4:58 pm By Rachel LaBruyereBy Ali Noorani, Executive Director of the National Immigration Forum. Originally posted on the ImmPolitic blog.
I spent the last week meeting with people from Texas to New York to California who want our nation’s broken immigration system fixed. Democrats and Republicans, liberals and conservatives, people of faith and people of conscience, immigrant workers and American [...]
Faith Leaders in Columbus, Ohio commit to immigration reform in 2010
Posted: January 14, 2010 at 11:47 am By Rachel LaBruyereIn Columbus, Ohio 75 advocates turned out for an interfaith panel discussion with leaders of faith communities. The group released the following statement in regards to comprehensive immigration reform and pledged their commitment to fight alongside the millions of others who want a sensible and humane solution to our broken immigration system.
“Several Columbus-based religious leaders [...]
An Ohio community calls for an end to destructive immigration policy
Posted: October 29, 2009 at 12:53 pm By Rachel LaBruyereYesterday, Joanne Dautartas stood in front of over a hundred people at a church and shared her painful story, about what’s happening to her family:
“Our daughter’s fiancé, Ruben, was arrested three weeks ago and is being held for deportation. His only ‘crime’ was that his visa had expired. Our government won’t let my daughter marry [...]
Ohio Needs Volunteers!
Posted: September 25, 2009 at 4:41 pm By adminWe need your help.
America deserves an immigration policy that is tough, smart, and fair. And to win it, we need the help of Ohioans with those same attributes.
Please step up to the plat and take action to reform America’s broken immigration system.
Click here to volunteer!
You asked Secretary Napolitano the tough questions
Posted: August 20, 2009 at 5:30 pm By adminIn an effort to truly represent the country’s concerns at today’s meeting with DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano, we asked YOU to submit questions you wanted Napolitano to address. The response: you sent in more than 4,000 questions in less than 24 hours.
Many of your questions were about the timing of immigration reform and expressed the [...]
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